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TGIThursday! Today’s newsletter brings news from New York’s trucking industry, which is supporting a busway project that has been blocked by the feds on the false premise that trucks would not be able to use 34th Street once it’s cleared of private vehicle traffic.

Then go and check out the latest from Anna Zivarts about PROWAG, or the Public Right of Way Accessibility Guidelines. It’s a great start, Zivarts argues, but there’s still a way to go in improving accessibility — and that’s through reducing car dependence in general.

Read those articles and more below:

  • Friday Video: Inside the Global Far-Right Push To Rip Out Bike Lanes
    by Kea Wilson
    October 23, 2026
    Toronto might be in the center of the fight to resist bike lane teardown today. But if some far-right politicians have their way, this fight won’t be the last.
  • Friday’s Headlines Shoot Themselves in the Foot
    by Blake Aued
    October 23, 2026
    Gas taxes pay for transit, too, so what happens when politicians pander to voters, and the highway trust fund runs dry?
  • Talking Headways Podcast: A More Humanized Experience in Honolulu
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    October 22, 2026
    If we look transit just as a distance issue, but as a time issue, performance should be discussed as one big whole.
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